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| Panhard Type 178 armoured cars on parade, date unknown | Eleanor Roosevelt at the launching ceremony of carrier Yorktown, Newport News, Virginia, United States, 4 Apr 1936 |
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| Luigi Torelli, 1940s | Pe-8 bombers in flight, date unknown |
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| Search and rescue dog Rip and handler E. King among rubble in Poplar, London, England, United Kingdom, Aug 1941 | Search and rescue dog Rip atop a pile of rubble after an air raid on Poplar, London, England, United Kingdom, 5 Aug 1941 |
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| Indian troops operating a captured Italian TL 37 artillery tractor, North Africa, 8 Dec 1941 | British Army dispatch rider on a BSA M20 motorcycle, date unknown |
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| ZiS-30 self-propelled anti-tank gun, date unknown | Damaged SdKfz 6/3 Diana self-propelled gun of German 605th Tank Destroyer Division, near El Alamein, Egypt, circa early Aug 1942 |
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| Captain R. W. Christi presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant Irvin S. Hartman of USS S-41, Sep 1942 | King George VI, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Queen Elizabeth, in London, England, United Kingdom, 23 Oct 1942 |
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| Memorial Wall, Battle of Britain Memorial, Capel-le-Ferne, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Sep 2017 | Replica of a Hurricane fighter, Battle of Britain Memorial, Capel-le-Ferne, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Sep 2017 |
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| Replica of a Spitfire fighter, Battle of Britain Memorial, Capel-le-Ferne, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Sep 2017 | Statue by Harry Gray, Battle of Britain Memorial, Capel-le-Ferne, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Sep 2017 |
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| Statue of Bob the Squadron Dog, Battle of Britain Memorial, Capel-le-Ferne, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Sep 2017 |
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